Lá Fhéile Pádraig Sona Daoibh! (Happy St. Patrick's Day!)

I love the Irish. One of my major dreams is that somehow I become an old Irish sheep Herder who's goes around in wellies saying "Och, lassie, that wilna do!" or something like that. Hey, a girl can dream! Now, that I've revealed a strange, but true, fantasy I think I'll just pretend I never it said it and I'll just move on...

Yay! It's here! It's St. Patty's day! And before we begin the festivities I have to make you sure you are wearing something green or something related to Ireland. We had this discussion on Valentines day, please respect the holiday and wear appropriate attire. It's really shouldn't be that hard, socks and underwear to count. Okay, so now that you've all returned your closets and put on something green I think we can continue.

I started the day with a St. Patty's day breakfast, pancakes, sausage, and a 'pot of gold'. Heck, I'd take a bowl of perfectly ripe mango over a pot of gold any day! I enjoyed my brekkie while watching the St. Patrick's Day Ellen DeGeneres show. I love that girl, she makes me laugh...especially when she attempts Irish dancing with a fake blond curly wig. Heeheehahahoho!

On to the sweet stuff! I made two treats this St. Patty's day, one was cake balls:

Are those not the cutest things! This was my second attempt at cake balls, my first was at Christmas when I made ones shaped like Santa hats, for some strange reason I didn't take a picture of them! Oops! Well, you'll have to wait till next year.

I also made some Shamrock cookies:

And yes, those are green hearts. What do hearts have to do with St. Patty's day, you ask? Well, I love St. Patty's day and I LOVE heart shaped things. Enough said.

I sent some cake balls with Tracy when she went home this week and I dropped the remaining off at the school for my favorite (and only) librarians.

I ended the day with Potato and Leek soup and Italian Potato bread that I pretended was Irish Potato bread!

I hope all you lads and lassies enjoyed your St. Patty's day! Hopefully I'll be back in a few years for St. Patty's day so I can whip you all into shape!

Éire go Brách! (Ireland Forever!)

P.S. I would just like to note that I spoke to Annie Rose and Kirsten today and they were both in proper St. Patty's day attire. Way to go girls!